A year ago, in this space, we sent you all best wishes in good health for the new year. Who knew? After some discussion with our class president, Frank Logan, we have decided to try again. Frank, our other class officers, Steve Parkhurst, Jim Churchill, Liz Russell, and your class secretary all send our best regards and sincerely hope that 2021 really is a very good year. We start the year with a contact list of some 205 classmates and an equal number of partners for whom we have addresses. Because of the risks and constraints of getting together this year, we have had no class activities and, as of this date, none are planned for the first part of 2021. However, several classmates have been in touch, seeking addresses and other links, because of “projects” they are working on or trying to reach out to find old friends. We are happy to oblige and welcome your activity. Our contact is at the end of this column. We also had a very good conversation recently with Robert “Buzz” Barton, calling from Bedford, Massachusetts. Buzz reports he is in reasonably good health and we talked over some Marine Corps memories from the 1950s. One he told was about a chance meeting with a busload of baseball players, including the San Francisco Giants. On board the bus was classmate Pete Burnside, then a Giant. Both were baseball players at Dartmouth and they had a good reunion. Buzz is a retired attorney and Superior Court judge in Massachusetts. Pete is now retired in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Once again, we are sorry to report the loss of several classmates; Garry Meyers of Stratford, Connecticut; Arthur Judson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Albert Warren of Davidson, North Carolina; Robert Kelly of Concord, New Hampshire; Thomas Loemker of Tarrytown, New York; Lawrence Noling of Leland, Michigan; Nicholas Bradley of Lake Hoptacong, New Jersey; and Marcel Durot of Oak Park, Illinois. We’d like to end on a positive note. We know some in our small world benefit from contact. Keep in touch and we will respond.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com